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вращать

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вращати (vraštati), from Proto-Slavic *vorťati, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti, whence English vertex, versatile, warp and -ward. Doublet of воро́чать (voróčatʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vrɐˈɕːætʲ]
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Verb

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враща́ть (vraščátʹimpf

  1. to revolve, to rotate, to turn
    Synonyms: верте́ть impf (vertétʹ), крути́ть impf (krutítʹ)
    враща́ть глаза́миvraščátʹ glazámito roll one's eyes

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вращать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress